Over 50 tonnes of food waste thrown away at Stormont

Figures for last three years 'disappointing'

Figures: Stormont’s food waste statistics have been branded ‘quite excessive’

Allan Preston

More than 50 tonnes of food waste was thrown out at Stormont during the three years when the Assembly was not sitting, it has emerged.

Over half of the wastage came in the first year when it was shut due to the political deadlock.